Iranian women walk in front of a banner bearing a picture of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during an Iranian Islamic fashion design exhibition at the Imam Khomeini Grand Mosque in Tehran.
Live updates on tension between Iran and the United States: The next round of talks between Iran and the United States regarding the potential nuclear agreement is scheduled to be held on Thursday, February 26, in Geneva. The date was reportedly confirmed by the foreign minister of Oman, the country mediating the talks between the US and Iran. This development comes amid escalating diplomatic tensions between the two countries due to the US military buildup in the Middle East.
US President Donald Trump recently gave Iran a deadline of 10 to 15 days to approve the nuclear deal, warning that failure to do so would be “unfortunate” for the country.
Besides, new demonstrations against the Iranian regime led by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appeared in some Iranian universities, especially in Tehran and Mashhad, where these protests reportedly took place for the second day on Sunday.
Some major updates:
Geneva talks this week: Badr al-Busaidi, Foreign Minister of the Sultanate of Oman, a regional mediator, said that talks between Tehran and Washington’s negotiators on the Iranian nuclear program are scheduled to resume on Thursday in Geneva.
American military buildup: According to Agence France-Presse, the US military now has 13 warships stationed in the Middle East: the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, which arrived late last month, nine destroyers and three frigates.
Inside US-Iranian tensions: Diplomatic tensions between the United States and Iran escalated in January after Trump condemned and vowed to take action against the Iranian regime over its crackdown on protesters who were raising their voices against the country’s dwindling economy. While Iran says more than 3,000 people have been killed and blames foreign-backed “terrorists”, the US-based HRANA estimates more than 7,000 people have been killed in the crackdown.
Iran threatens to respond if it attacks the United States: While expressing hope that a diplomatic solution to the nuclear talks would be reached soon, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi also said that his country would respond if the United States decided to attack. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Saturday that his country will not bow its head to pressure from world powers amid nuclear talks with the United States.
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